Fountain Pens In Movies And Tv

[Charles Rice]

The Clearing with Robert Redford (2004). He uses a MB149 (?) to sign a document.

[dan in montreal]

 

 

Fred

 

Rodi & Weinenberger Double Fine Nib

What a great film.

[Goudy]

A Parker fountain pen in a 1947 educational short "Body Care and Grooming":

 

http://i.imgur.com/01gSajt.jpg

 

The pen is at 5:03:

 

 

MST3K version:

 

[Shavely Manden]

Here's something a bit different...Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou (aka InuHasa, aka Dog & Scissors) is a 2013 anime about a book-obsessed guy who gets killed and reincarnated as his favorite author's dog. (A bit odd, I know.) Since this's a Japanese show largely about authors & writing, fountain pens show up pretty frequently. (Though the animators seem to consistently neglect to draw the feed...)

 

Here's a little imgur gallery of screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/A1jpV

 

Iffy animation aside, it's pretty neat to see a modern show set in present day where fountain pens are a normal, everyday tool.

Edited April 10, 2016 by Shavely Manden

[fatswimmies]

Here's something a bit different...Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou (aka InuHasa, aka Dog & Scissors) is a 2013 anime about a book-obsessed guy who gets killed and reincarnated as his favorite author's dog. (A bit odd, I know.) Since this's a Japanese show largely about authors & writing, fountain pens show up pretty frequently. (Though the animators seem to consistently neglect to draw the feed...)

 

Here's a little imgur gallery of screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/A1jpV

 

Iffy animation aside, it's pretty neat to see a modern show set in present day where fountain pens are a normal, everyday tool.

 

hey, neat share! thanks for the gallery link. now that you've pointed out the lack of feeds, it totally bothers me haha

[Shavely Manden]

now that you've pointed out the lack of feeds, it totally bothers me haha

I know, right? I hadn't even noticed until I went to take screenshots for this thread. And it's not like they've never seen a fountain pen...they can clearly draw a passable nib when they put effort into it. It's like they never thought to flip their pens over to see what the other side looked like before drawing one.

[majolo]

I know, right? I hadn't even noticed until I went to take screenshots for this thread. And it's not like they've never seen a fountain pen...they can clearly draw a passable nib when they put effort into it. It's like they never thought to flip their pens over to see what the other side looked like before drawing one.

 

They may be quite accustomed to drawing with dip pens--no feeds.

[carlos.q]

During the latest episode of "The Americans", that depicts events that supposedly took place in 1983, there is an interesting prop: a two pen desk set in the office of a high level Soviet bureaucrat. The clear tapered tails of both pens look like Esterbrook although the set's trumpets appear to be from another company (Sheaffer?):

 

 

 

[katerchen]

This most excellent rendering of The Sounds Of Silence:

 

https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4?t=130

 

Can anyone identify the nib (although my OCD triggered right away on the fact that it's not a music nib )

 

-k

[flipper_gv]

This most excellent rendering of The Sounds Of Silence:

 

https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4?t=130

 

Can anyone identify the nib (although my OCD triggered right away on the fact that it's not a music nib )

 

-k

 

It's a Pilot Varsity

[Tasmith]

This most excellent rendering of The Sounds Of Silence:

 

https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4?t=130

 

Can anyone identify the nib (although my OCD triggered right away on the fact that it's not a music nib )

 

-k

Wow! Most excellent indeed! Their powerful performance on Conan:

[katanankes]

A Samurai Pen:

 

[inkeverywhere]

Watched an episode of 24 Hours in Emergency, a real life British hospital doco, this week. A young doctor was shown writing up patient notes after a death. He was using a Lamy Safari or metal equivalent, black in colour, black nib and black ink.

 

I thought it a very appropriate mix for the unfortunate task at hand, the last words he wrote being - "may he rest in peace".

 

 

 

Greg

[Mishka5050]

Just watched Civil War and I spotted Black Lamy Safari and Lamy T52 bottle of Blue-black ink

[Mr.Rene]

Just watched Civil War and I spotted Black Lamy Safari and Lamy T52 bottle of Blue-black ink

Civil War ?

[Charles Rice]

Civil War ?

 

Dang, didn't Lee sign with a MB149?

[maus930]

IMBD lists over a dozen films/tv with title "Civil War" more specific please

[majolo]

I was assuming Captain America: Civil War which is releasing this coming weekend, but that would need to have been a sneak peek or trailer perhaps?

[oregano]

"After the Wedding" film-- there is a point where the ailing man is in the lawyer's office signing some paper. His rollerball runs out of ink, he asks for a pen-- everyone at the table whips out a Montblanc simultaneously and hands it to him. He signs with a green Generation fountain pen. Pretty awesome moment, sorry I don't have a still.

[Goudy]

I was assuming Captain America: Civil War which is releasing this coming weekend, but that would need to have been a sneak peek or trailer perhaps?

 

General release in the US on 6 May, but already released in many other countries.